MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Esteban 12th, while Oliver Bearman was forced into retirement, at the Miami Grand Prix, held Sunday at the Miami International Autodrome.
Esteban started from ninth position on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires but lost out on the opening lap, dropping to 10th place. Esteban put in a fine defensive effort to protect the final points paying position against Lewis Hamilton, but was eventually overhauled by the seven-time world champion, dropping to 11th spot. Esteban came into the pits on lap 23 for White hard tires and preserved that set through the remainder of the race to finish in 12th.
Bearman took the start from 19th position on hard tires and made up several positions on the opening lap to run in 16th place, and embarked on a battle with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly. Unfortunately for Bearman his VF-25 suffered a power unit issue on lap 28 and he was forced to retire from the race.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds sixth position in the Constructors’ Championship on 20 points.
Up front McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed his fourth victory of the season, ahead of teammate Lando Norris, with Mercedes AMG’s George Russell third.
Esteban Ocon: “It was a solid race on our side but unfortunately, we lacked a bit of pace to be fighting with the quicker guys in front. We didn’t get very lucky as we didn’t pit under VSC, had a couple of fights but they always ended the same way, so that was a bit frustrating. I think overall it’s been a strong weekend from the team and we need to keep that going once we find a bit more performance in the car. We’ll keep at it, there are some good learnings from this weekend, and some good expectations for the upcoming races, so I’m looking forward to it.”
